irritated

irritated

adj

Definition of IRRITATED

: subjected to irritation; especially : roughened, reddened, or inflamed by an irritant <irritated eyes>

Examples of IRRITATED

1. <irritated viewers were bombarding the station with complaints about the game's delayed start>

First Known Use of IRRITATED

1595

Related to IRRITATED

Synonyms: aggravated, bothered, exasperated, galled, irked, annoyed, narked [British], peeved, put out, scunnered [chiefly Scottish], teed off, vexed

Related Words: displeased, distressed, disturbed, perturbed, troubled, upset; angered, angry, indignant, inflamed (also enflamed), infuriated, irate, ireful, mad, outraged, rankled, riled, roiled, shirty [chiefly British], sore, steaming; bristly, cross, disapproving, huffy, piqued, resentful; bearish, bilious, cantankerous, choleric, churlish, crabby, cranky, dyspeptic, fretful, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-humored, irascible, irritable, peevish, petulant, snappish, snuffy, testy, touchy; badgered, bedeviled, frustrated, haggled, harassed, harried, hassled, inconvenienced, persecuted, pestered, pinpricked, plagued, provoked, tested, tormented, tortured, tried

Near Antonyms: delighted, pleased; content, happy, satisfied; calm, pacific, peaceable, placid, serene, tranquil

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